To stand sentinel is to trace a line, to watch, to listen, to bear witness. It is to hold one’s ground between what has passed and what is yet to come. Sentinels brings together a selection of contemporary artists, each with a practice that safeguards memory, distils the present, and signals possible futures. Their works serve as watchtowers, pillars, and points of connection, each voice distinct yet united by the shared act of holding space in a shifting world.

Some trace lines back through ancestry, gesture, and ritual; others inscribe them into stone, pigment, or clay. Still others carry a line forward towards light, sound, or the fleeting shimmer of perception. Together, these practices remind us that to hold the present is always to draw between past and future, absence and presence, fragility and endurance.

With works by Astrid Salomon, Briana McKeogh, Chuanda Tan, Daniel O’Toole, James Ettelson, Luke Crouch, Ngarra Kulin, Ria Green, and Sophie Crichton, Sentinels brings together a diverse constellation of contemporary voices. Spanning painting, sculpture, ceramics, installation, and sound, each artist offers a distinct perspective on how we navigate memory, place, and perception - together creating a layered dialogue on what it means to stand watch in our time.

Together, these artists stand as Sentinels, not only observing what has passed but shaping how we inhabit the present. Their practices stretch across material, memory, and perception, tracing connections between gesture and thought, earth and sky, presence and absence.


Each work marks a place to pause, to reflect, and to imagine what might emerge, reminding us that Sentinels is both a calling and a responsibility, a vigilant act of attention, creativity, and possibility.

Curated by Kitty Clark


Sentinels Artists


Astrid Salomon
Briana McKeogh
Chuanda Tan
Daniel O’Toole
James Ettelson
Luke Crouch
Ngarra Kulin
Ria Green
Sophie Crichton

Curated by Kitty Clark


Sentinels Artists


Astrid Salomon
Briana McKeogh
Chuanda Tan
Daniel O’Toole
James Ettelson
Luke Crouch
Ngarra Kulin
Ria Green
Sophie Crichton